Natural skin care and legacy brands boost sales of US prestige beauty products in Q3

Published: 6-Nov-2018
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Sales of prestige beauty products reached $4.1bn with skin care sales up 15%

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Natural skin care and legacy brands boost sales of US prestige beauty products in Q3
Natural skin care and legacy brands boost sales of US prestige beauty products in Q3

Sales of premium skin care products, spearheaded by natural brands, have helped the US prestige beauty market grow by 7% in Q3 2018, to reach $4.1bn.

Skin care sales grew 15% to reach £1.3bn, with natural brands accounting for more than a quarter of all purchases, up 24% on Q3 2017.

Age specialist skin care also fared well, up 14%, with face masks also registering a healthy 12% growth on the same period in 2017.

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